Neural connection did not work!

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2013)

This film is about the special forces of human controlled robot fighters who fight against giant sea creatures.
At first I liked "Pacific Rim", but as the film progressed I found it boring, then I found it unbearably bad. First, the film is dark all the time, with grayish tint throughout. I got so tired of the monochromatic stimulation. More colour could easily be provided, such as changing the colour of the wall in the base camp. Second, the plot is just not engaging or exciting. There were several occasions when I thought the film was ending, but it continued. And dragged on. The film just did not know when to stop. The plot does not build up to an effective climax either. That motivational speech by Idris Elba ended up being laughable.
Another thing that really killed my enjoyment was the bunker scene in Hong Kong. Despite the film being set in the 2020's, people in the bunker wore clothes in the 1920s. And they even spoke in Mandarin, which is not spoken in Hong Kong. The director sacrificed such important factual errors for cinematic clichés. And while I am on clichés, the first scene with Chinese people in the Hong Kong base shows the people from China playing basketball. My eyes rolled so much when I saw that scene! I wish I did not waste time on this film. The neural connection certainly did not work for me.